Biography
Jacqueline Jeanne Paule Maillan (11 January 1923 - 12 May 1992) was a French actress with a career spanning almost five decades, known primarily for her forty theatre productions, she also appeared in more than fifty films (1947 to 1992) and is remembered as one of the greatest comedic thespians of her generation and even nicknamed "The Louis de Funès in skirt". After working on the classics of French theatre, she excelled in playing exuberant, strong and powerful women in vaudeville and boulevard on stage or in such films as Jean-Marie Poiré's cult Gramps Is in the Resistance (French: Papy fait de la résistance,1983) before pioneering stand-up in France. Her husband Michel Emer, who was Edith Piaf's composer, helped her hide her bisexuality (if not her sole homosexuality) from the public as they lived as a 'free couple' when it was then deeply stigmatized during the 1950s and 1960s. She was made a Chevalier (French: Knight) of the Légion d'honneur and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Source: Article "Jacqueline Maillan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Movies & TV Shows
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Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983) — Héléna Bourdelle dit « La Bourdelle »
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Squeak-squeak (1963) — Cynthia Monestier, la femme de Léonard
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Peek-a-boo (1954) — Mme Maillan, la directrice de la salle
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The Magnificent Tramp (1959) — Mme Marjorie
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The Grand Manoeuvre (1955) — Jeanne Duverger, sister of Victor
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The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) — Figurante
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Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) — Visitor (uncredited)
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People in Luck (1963) — Élisabeth Duchemin (segment "Le Yacht")
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The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque (1987) — Mammy
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The Seasons of Pleasure (1988) — Jacqueline Garibaldi
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Is There a Frenchman in the House? (1982) — Madame Fluck
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The Scheming Women (1954) — une danseuse
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Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960) — Mrs. Jim, la mère puritaine
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Burning Fuse (1957) — Mrs. Catherine, innkeeper
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La Femme fardée (1990) — Edma Bautet-Lebrêche
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Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
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Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
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Tartarin de Tarascon (1962) — Mrs. Bézuquet
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Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale (1988) — Henriette Brulard
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Palace (1988) — Docteur Hélène Swift
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La facture (1976) — Noëlle
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Ville à vendre (1992) — Delphine Martinet, la pharmacienne
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Call Me Mathilde (1969) — Mathilde de Blanzac
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You Have Nothing to Declare? (1959) — Gladys Dupont
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Lily et Lily (1987) — Lily et Déborah Dacosta
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Potiche (1983) — Suzanne Pujol
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Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
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Que personne ne sorte (1964) — Adelia Plunkett
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Folle Amanda (1974) — Amanda
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The Motorcycle Cops (1959) — Dance teacher
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Féfé de Broadway (1979) — Maria Brémont
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Who Stole the Body? (1963) — Gin, English
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Honey, Scare Me (1958) — The spy Natacha Dubrovno
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How to Succeed in Love (1962) — Edmée Rondeau
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Monsieur le Président Directeur Général (1966) — Thérèse
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To Our Late Husband (1988) — Hermione
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Les deux font la paire (1955) — Olga
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Les 60 ans du one-man-show (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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30 millions d'amis (1976) — Self
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Both Sides of the Street (1991) — Mrs. Yvette